One Mittens

Today it definitely felt like winter outside! During our morning circle the kids talked about the days of the week and months of the year. We also described the different seasons. Right now it is winter! It is cold outside and there are no leaves on the trees.

Our story today was "One Mitten" by Kristine O'Connell George. In the story the little girl has one bright yellow mitten. She waved with her mitten, gave high fives with her mitten and even pet her cat with her mitten. While petting her cat she saw something bright and yellow under the cats belly...it was her other mitten! With two mittens she could clap and cover her eyes. At the end of the story she goes outside to play with a friend in the snow. After reading the story the kids helped decide what special clothes to put on Froggy in our classroom. We listed the different winter clothes and described where the clothes go on Froggy's body. A hat goes on our head, mittens go on our hands and pants go on our legs. Now Froggy is all dressed and ready for the winter weather!

Today we started music class with Ms. Gretchen! We started class singing the Hello Song and shaking egg shakers. Then we sang the Hokey Pokey. Next was thee Boom Boom song and the kids used boom boom sticks to make noise on the ground. We also sang the Stand Up song and the kids followed directions on when to stand up based on colors they were wearing. The kids loved the Here We Go Round song with the parachute! It was great for following directions and having fun. At the end of class we sang the Goodbye song and learned sign language for music and thank you. The kids were so excited to start music again! 

For science we experimented with ice. First we made prediction if ice would melt faster in our hands or in our mittens. Then we handed out mittens or gloves to some of the friends in the class. Everyone held the ice in their hand or their mitten. The ice started to melt very fast in our hands and made a puddle on the table. The ice in the mitten started to melt very slowly. We learned that our hands are very warm and help the ice melt faster. When we wear gloves it helps protect the ice from our warm hands. So....its important to wear gloves or mitten when playing in the snow or building a snowman for 2 reasons: to keep your hands warm and to not melt the snow.

We ended the day with lunch and some songs. The kids have started to really like the "Peanut Butter" song! See everyone tomorrow.